Student awards play a vital role in the life of our Faculty and support many throughout the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program. Awards recognize outstanding student achievements and provide valuable financial assistance. Awards can be merit-based recognizing a range of achievements including academic excellence, extracurricular involvement, leadership, and commitment to the profession of pharmacy, or they can be based solely on financial need.
The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is committed to the University of Toronto (U of T) Policy on Student Financial Support. For students registered in second-entry professional programs, such as the Doctor of Pharmacy program, it is expected that financial need unmet by government assistance (e.g., OSAP) will be met through a mix of institutionally-negotiated loans/lines of credit and faculty grants.
Students can apply for merit-based scholarships during the Winter session for awards that require an application. Scholarships that are awarded automatically (based on your grades) are decided in June, after final grades are in.
For a list of awards provided to Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy students, please visit U of T’s Awards Explorer database, and enter the full Faculty name in the top search bar.
190
awards
The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy has 184 active awards, 170 of which are undergraduate, 12 graduate, and 2 both.
$1,045,000
in faculty grants to PharmD students
In 2023-2024, the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy provided non-repayable faculty grants of over $1,045,000 to students enrolled in the PharmD program. In addition, these students received over $282,000 in merit-based scholarships, of which $93,000 were granted to students at admission.
Dedicated support from alumni and friends means that the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is able to provide more than $1 million a year to students, helping them become next-generation leaders in pharmacy.
“U of T’s dedication to accessible excellence sets us apart from our peer public universities in the United States and elsewhere around the world.”
“U of T’s dedication to accessible excellence sets us apart from our peer public universities in the United States and elsewhere around the world,” said Al-Amin Ahamed, fourth year PharmD student, and past President of the Undergraduate Pharmacy Society.
In 2023, Ahamed received the Sharon Wells Memorial Award, TD Bank - FCCP Education New Horizon Scholarship, Ontario Pharmacists Association Award, and Kenny Tan Award. “Their support is critical to ensuring we are able to attend the top pharmacy Faculty in Canada regardless of our financial circumstances.”
Awards to support equity, diversity, and inclusion in pharmacy
Thanks to generous donors, the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy has a series of awards to address the underrepresentation of Black and Indigenous in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.
Indigenous Tuition Initiative
In 2023, the University of Toronto announced it will cover the cost of tuition for students from nine First Nations as part of its efforts to make the university more accessible and inclusive for Indigenous students – and strengthen relationships with Indigenous communities.